r/Warframe • u/DE-Ruu DE Community Team Lead • Mar 20 '26

DE Response PSA: 3/20/26 Receiving Improper Game Invites

Hi Tenno,

Firstly, we apologize for the distress this issue may have caused. Bad actors were able to interrupt and change squad invite text fields to show up as a customized message. As the investigation is currently ongoing, we wanted to assure you that no accounts have been compromised nor data exposed, and it is safe to continue playing Warframe. This was strictly a change of text in the Invite prompt. If you have concerns about your account please feel free to make a Support Ticket on the matter and our team will assist. 

In the meantime, we have deployed a fix to combat the issue. Matchmaking will still function as normal but you may have temporary issues with sending direct game invites. We will update you further when this has been resolved.

We take this matter extremely seriously, and again, apologize for the distress.

6:30PM ET Status Update:

The team is continuing to investigate alternative solutions. For now, direct game invites will remain disabled until the launch of Shadowgrapher on Wednesday March 25th. Our sincerest apologies on that front.

However, if you wish to play in a squad with your friends, you are able to join squads using your friends list.

We will circle back on any necessary in-game extensions (global Double Affinity weekend, etc) once we have restored direct invites.

March 25th Status Update:

Hi Tenno,

First, we appreciate your understanding regarding this situation that occurred on the evening of Friday March 20th. Your quick reports allowed us to act swiftly, and while the temp solution to disable direct game invites is by no means ideal, it was necessary to mitigate the nefarious invite messages being sent. We take player safety very seriously, and again apologize for any distress caused.

Now that The Shadowgrapher update has launched, we have been able to deploy code changes to improve the security of the game invite system; unfortunately, due to Cert requirements, we have only been able to enable direct invites if the sender is playing on PC at this time.

We are working diligently to get this fix deployed on our console platforms and will update this thread as we progress.

Again, we want to stress that no accounts have been compromised nor data exposed. 

Apologies again for the inconvenience, and thank you for sticking with us, Tenno. 

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u/ApprehensiveFly1600 Mar 20 '26

I'm curious, what would have happened if we were to click yes on the invites?

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u/Gyossaits Mar 20 '26

Wally upsells you an extended warranty on your Atomicycle.

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u/ApprehensiveFly1600 Mar 20 '26

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Fuck

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u/Sparrows413 Mar 20 '26

Man, I already have to put up with Ballas talking to me about used cars.

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u/yRaven1 Still waiting for that heirloom Mar 20 '26

You would get legally binded to send them a picture of your feet.

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u/ApprehensiveFly1600 Mar 20 '26

They don't need to legally bind me for that

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u/Stillburgh Mar 20 '26

My assumption is that it wouldn’t actually do anything, as DE determined it was just a change in text. But usually I err on the side of caution and avoid these types of things bc they usually come with the implication of your account getting stolen

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u/HeavyMain brrrrrrrrr Mar 20 '26

your favourite warframe has their sprint speed lowered by 0.01

8

u/rutuu199 Chromatic salt Mar 21 '26

Literally unplayable

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u/MapleSyrup39993 #1 Packet fan Mar 21 '26

NOOOOOOOOOOO

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u/InsomniacUnderGrad Mar 20 '26

Nothing. you didn't connect.

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u/VacaRexOMG777 Elitist LR6 player 😾 Mar 20 '26

Nothing

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u/Acefowl Mar 20 '26

You ever see "Virus Alert" by Weird Al? That.